We have just upgraded our forums to the latest version of vBulletin and have added a couple of new features.You'll notice a 'Connect With Facebook' button near your login details (if you are logged in). Allowing the forums to connect to your Facebook account will mean that you can post and share links on your Facebook wall.

You'll also notice that the forums have a new homepage. Those of you that remember the forums from vBulletin 3x days will recognise the Featured Threads homepage. Those of you that don't - check it out. Forum staff will highlight threads or interest or importance and they will display as the default forum view.

Please post in this thread if you come across any bugs or issues.

behati
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2012-03-22T01:57:56Z —
#2

Nice - looking very good, I love the new frontpage though I've never been a fan of connecting everything with ones social media etc. (old man's rant)

Good job making the sitepoint forums even better :d

HAWK
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2012-03-22T02:00:14Z —
#3

behati said:

Nice - looking very good, I love the new frontpage though I've never been a fan of connecting everything with ones social media etc. (old man's rant)

Good job making the sitepoint forums even better :d

Thanks @behati, appreciated. Some people will love the Facebook thing and some will hate it. It's easy enough to ignore if you're in the second camp.

TehYoyo
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2012-03-22T02:40:32Z —
#4

Meh. To be honest, I like the classic forum style better, but I'm sure I'll warm to it eventually. All humans (I think) dislike change to begin with.

Few bugs:

If you visit a user profile (i.e. Link), and view the 'recent visitors' at the bottom, two commas separate each visitor.

It's probably me just being behind the times, but when did @TechnoBear; become an advisor?

Love the homepage change, I noticed it when I came to the computer today. Makes it seem a bit more professional and "non-standard", which is nice :).

carlhenson
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2012-03-22T06:44:52Z —
#7

Is it just me? I can't click on the unanswered link at the top because a search box obstruct its place. This wasn't like this yesterday.

HAWK
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2012-03-22T06:48:52Z —
#8

carlhenson said:

Is it just me? I can't click on the unanswered link at the top because a search box obstruct its place. This wasn't like this yesterday.

Would you mind posting a screenshot and telling me what browser and resolution you're on? Thanks.

Stormrider
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2012-03-22T09:09:03Z —
#9

Yay! Highlighted threads is back!

mmj
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2012-03-22T09:32:08Z —
#10

Congratulations on the upgrade y'all!

TimIgoe
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2012-03-22T10:05:32Z —
#11

carlhenson said:

Is it just me? I can't click on the unanswered link at the top because a search box obstruct its place. This wasn't like this yesterday.

Are you using the site on a low resolution screen / with teh window shrunk? Can you try stretching to a bigger screen and seeing if it stops overlapping?

PaulOB
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2012-03-22T10:12:09Z —
#12

TimIgoe said:

Are you using the site on a low resolution screen / with teh window shrunk? Can you try stretching to a bigger screen and seeing if it stops overlapping?

It's overlapping for me at screen widths of less than 1250px in Firefox and chrome.

Adding some padding-right to floatcontainer should fix it but I offered that fix before and you said it caused other problems.

ul.floatcontainer{padding-right:150px}

TehYoyo
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2012-03-22T12:50:18Z —
#13

ralph_m said:

Today.

WaitwutisthiswheredoIsaycongratscuzthere'snothread!!!!

cydewaze
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2012-03-22T13:05:14Z —
#14

Hey I kinda dig it. I don't have to scroll as far on the main page to find what I'm looking for.

Yanno, I was thinking. Sitepoint should build their own web forum to compete with vB and IPB. The talent is here! Kevin Yank could do the php, rudy could do the database stuff, Paul O'B could do the CSS, and Hawk could beat up anyone who gave it a bad review. It's GENIUS!